Cost Differences Between High School and College

eastcoascrazy
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:11:46 +0000

We have two boys in college now. Yes, our water, gas and electric bills are way down. Yes we spend much less on food here at home. This fall, for the first time in twenty years, we bought a half gallon of milk, which lasted a week. When both boys came home for the winter break we were back to three to four gallons a week. We are no longer paying for their three sets of music lessons every week, and buying a bit less gas for the cars. So expenses are down, but do not offset the room and board/rent and groceries money that we are paying, not to mention the costs of books. And our fixed expenses aren’t changing. Still the same mortgage regardless of how many people are living here. Same property taxes. Pretty much the same insurance costs.